On Father’s Day, we were able to start exploring our new area. One of the things that we really enjoy about moving is getting to see new parts of our country and marveling at God’s wonderful creation.
We started off by heading over to some local parks. We were impressed by this HUGE playground only a few miles from where we live. Some of the other parks included a beach on the Colorado River. The water looked refreshing, but we decided to keep exploring…
We headed over to the Imperial Dunes. The beauty and expanse of these dunes is truly majestic. There was also an old plank road which was really cool.
You can drive around these dunes or just have fun walking them. They even allow camping here!
This is only one of the smaller dunes. It was way too hot to climb up to some of the higher dunes.
After the dunes, we headed back home to grill and then we headed out to the Kofa Wildlife Reserve. On our way there, we ran into these wild burros crossing the road. We got a big kick out of it as it was completely unexpected.
We only stayed for a little while at Kofa as the sun was starting to set by the time we arrived from our side trip there. We ended up heading back out there later in the week for more exploration.
They don’t look that big until you get up next to them. lol!
The height of this road is really deceptive as you can see in the following pictures.
Munchkin and I decided to get out and watch Daddy drive up the hill.
D’s truck is at the top of the hill. It looks pretty tiny from down at the bottom.
Munchkin walking back up to Daddy’s truck.
There are many mines and tunnels in this area. They ask you not to enter any of them, so we just checked out this tunnel that went through the hill.
Inside, we could see bats flying around. There was also something at the entrance on the other side…
If you look closely into the light, you can see a jack rabbit.
